Notable Notes: The "Big 3"- Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player - shared the 36-hole lead at the 1965 Masters, but then Nicklaus ran away from the other two to a record-breaking victory.

Nicklaus' 64 in the third round opened a 5-stroke edge over Player, and Nicklaus wound up winning by nine over Player and Palmer. Nicklaus' margin of victory and 271 total were both tournament records at the time. (His 271 lowered Ben Hogan's previous scoring record by three strokes).

The way Nicklaus overpowered Augusta National and the field led Bobby Jones to famously remark afterward, "Nicklaus played a game with which I am not familiar."